Sci-fi commanders you want to serve under

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2006-11-24 07:50pm

Hey Captain Nemo is ALSO awesome. Sikh with submarine, will punish English imperialism!

And enough rockets, money and women and I'll take that risk. I won't take it for eating protein packs in a shit spaceship constantly on the run in the backwoods.

Lost Soal · Post by **Lost Soal** » 2006-11-24 08:12pm

Stark wrote: Hence why I prefer groups with a better risk:reward ratio. The Tracys are super-rich, have smoking hot AVAILABLE women, cool-ass spaceships and rockets and shit, and they save people.

And enough rockets, money and women and I'll take that risk. I won't take it for eating protein packs in a shit spaceship constantly on the run in the backwoods.

I like how you assume you have access to all the cool gadgets and hot women rather than being banished into the space station, like the noob non-family member you are, with nothing to do except listen to the radio. Although you could probably intercept a couple of porn transmissions as well

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2006-11-24 08:16pm

Lost Soal wrote:I like how you assume you have access to all the cool gadgets and hot women rather than being banished into the space station, like the noob non-family member you are, with nothing to do except listen to the radio. Although you could probably intercept a couple of porn transmissions as well

Heh. Yeah, that guy got the worst job ever. He's even shown sitting around bored, picking his nose, staring wistfully out the windows and shit. And he isn't even needed: the computer listens to transmissions and picks out appropriate ones without him doing anything.

I think Dad hated him.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2006-11-24 08:25pm

To be fair, no one liked John anyway because he was a boring douche. Actually, I didn't like Gordon either for that matter. It was his face.

And I absolutely hated Scott. Fucker got to fly TB1. That ain't on.

ray245 · Post by **ray245** » 2006-11-24 08:38pm

What about commanders that you are willing to die for? A commander that earns you the respect and concern that dying for him and to a cause is a good thing?

Lost Soal · Post by **Lost Soal** » 2006-11-24 08:42pm

Admiral Valdemar wrote:To be fair, no one liked John anyway because he was a boring douche. Actually, I didn't like Gordon either for that matter. It was his face.

And I absolutely hated Scott. Fucker got to fly TB1. That ain't on.

Who would you prefer fly TB1. And sorry, you can't nominate yourself.

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2006-11-24 08:43pm

ray245 wrote:What about commanders that you are willing to die for? A commander that earns you the respect and concern that dying for him and to a cause is a good thing?

Oh television? There aren't any. There are people like Adama who's SUPPOSED to be like that, but I see him as simply bombastic. Err, not as bombastic as Sisko.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2006-11-24 08:47pm

Lost Soal wrote: Who would you prefer fly TB1.

Well, that's easy, it'd be...

...And sorry, you can't nominate yourself.

...Nevermind.

Shinn Langley Soryu · Post by **Shinn Langley Soryu** » 2006-11-24 09:08pm

Rye wrote:
Zed Snardbody wrote:Zap Branigan!
Why the hell would you do that? He sent wave after wave of men at killbots so their kill counters would max out! He's an idiot!

Exactly my point. Volunteering to serve under Zapp Brannigan's command should be grounds for discharge due to mental defect.

Hell, I'd have a greater chance of living under the command of Vader or any Star Trek commander than Zapp Brannigan. He's THAT incompetent.

Zed Snardbody · Post by **Zed Snardbody** » 2006-11-24 09:15pm

Shinn Langley Soryu wrote:
Rye wrote:
Zed Snardbody wrote:Zap Branigan!
Why the hell would you do that? He sent wave after wave of men at killbots so their kill counters would max out! He's an idiot!
Exactly my point. Volunteering to serve under Zapp Brannigan's command should be grounds for discharge due to mental defect.

Hell, I'd have a greater chance of living under the command of Vader or any Star Trek commander than Zapp Brannigan. He's THAT incompetent.

Come one people. Where is your sense of adventure?!

Lost Soal · Post by **Lost Soal** » 2006-11-24 09:27pm

Zed Snardbody wrote:
Shinn Langley Soryu wrote:
Rye wrote: Why the hell would you do that? He sent wave after wave of men at killbots so their kill counters would max out! He's an idiot!
Exactly my point. Volunteering to serve under Zapp Brannigan's command should be grounds for discharge due to mental defect.

Hell, I'd have a greater chance of living under the command of Vader or any Star Trek commander than Zapp Brannigan. He's THAT incompetent.
Come one people. Where is your sense of adventure?!

Its been knocked out, tied up and had C4 strpped around its neck by my sense of self preservation which is holding the detonator.

Cao Cao · Post by **Cao Cao** » 2006-11-24 09:30pm

Zed Snardbody wrote:
Shinn Langley Soryu wrote:
Rye wrote: Why the hell would you do that? He sent wave after wave of men at killbots so their kill counters would max out! He's an idiot!
Exactly my point. Volunteering to serve under Zapp Brannigan's command should be grounds for discharge due to mental defect.

Hell, I'd have a greater chance of living under the command of Vader or any Star Trek commander than Zapp Brannigan. He's THAT incompetent.
Come one people. Where is your sense of adventure?!

It'd go flying out the hole in the starship hull that Brannigan just blasted open, along with Dr. Moriarty and Evil Lincoln.

Erik von Nein · Post by **Erik von Nein** » 2006-11-24 09:46pm

Kane! He lives in death, you know. He's incredible charismatic and his is the only way to live through the coming Tiberium apocolypse.

Kane lives in death!

Rye · Post by **Rye** » 2006-11-24 10:01pm

Stark wrote:Hey Captain Nemo is ALSO awesome. Sikh with submarine, will punish English imperialism!

And enough rockets, money and women and I'll take that risk. I won't take it for eating protein packs in a shit spaceship constantly on the run in the backwoods.

And where does Captain Nemo "service the crew"? Huh? Exactly. So much for your "argument," Stark.

I like the idea of being on the run with a few guys in the name of freedom and hijinks. Especially as almost every woman that is likely to stick around is hot and single.

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2006-11-24 10:22pm

Rye wrote:And where does Captain Nemo "service the crew"? Huh? Exactly. So much for your "argument," Stark.

I like the idea of being on the run with a few guys in the name of freedom and hijinks. Especially as almost every woman that is likely to stick around is hot and single.

So you can be poor and fuck dirty people, while I'll be rich and fuck whoever I want. I win.

PS, unless you're married the Serenity is like a poon-free zone. I wouldn't want to step aboard, in case it's like Games Workshop stores in it's sex-negating powers.

Connor MacLeod · Post by **Connor MacLeod** » 2006-11-25 12:10am

I'm surprised noone mentioned Ibram Gaunt.

GeneralTacticus · Post by **GeneralTacticus** » 2006-11-25 12:21am

Actually, I believe he has been mentioned. However, while he'd probably be one of the better 40k leaders to serve under (excepting, say, Eldar leaders who will manipulate thousands of years of history and annihilate whole planets to keep you out of trouble), serving under him is still likely to get you killed in any number of horrifically unpleasant ways, by the nature of the setting.

Frankly, if I had to pick an Imperial commander to serve under, I'd probably pick Ciaphas Cain. He seems to have a talent for not getting his troops hurled into meatgrinders (admittedly, they tend to end up facing off against Necrons and Daemon Princes instead, but most of them seem to come out of it all right), and as long as you stick close to him and get him somewhat sentimentally attached to him, his remarkable ability to get out of trouble will probably do pretty well for you.

Lost Soal · Post by **Lost Soal** » 2006-11-25 12:22am

Connor MacLeod wrote:I'm surprised noone mentioned Ibram Gaunt.

Check page 1 ,here

Shinn Langley Soryu · Post by **Shinn Langley Soryu** » 2006-11-25 01:03am

Erik von Nein wrote:Kane! He lives in death, you know. He's incredible charismatic and his is the only way to live through the coming Tiberium apocolypse.

Kane lives in death!

I'd rather serve under James Solomon. Even if joining the GDI may be the losing option, I'm not just gonna sell out to the Brotherhood and their Scrin overlords.

That, and James Solomon is played by James Earl Jones.

18-Till-I-Die · Post by **18-Till-I-Die** » 2006-11-25 01:17am

Yeah but if your ass is in a sling (and face it, in just about any serious scifi series it WILL eventually be in a sling) there are only a couple of people i can think of who would go to the wall for you.

Reynolds has gotten SHOT AT to help people he knows vaguely, nuf said

Sheridan IS actually the messiah, but he's also unwaveringly loyal

Gaunt lives in hell, but will go to the wall four you

Sisko was not nearly as reckless as the other guys here, and a good guy

Kirk was reckless but a good guy

Hunt (from Andromeda) was so damn good he had a real halo

montypython · Post by **montypython** » 2006-11-25 01:21am

Two other choices would be Grand Admiral Thrawn and Yang Wenli.

ThatGuyFromThatPlace · Post by **ThatGuyFromThatPlace** » 2006-11-25 01:59am

Thrawn, Adama, Reynolds, I believe Clavain has been mentioned, and of course once we're in Inhibitor Wars verse I've got to go with Triumvir Volyova post Triumvirate, just as long as I'm not the gunnery officer

Jadeite · Post by **Jadeite** » 2006-11-25 02:53am

montypython wrote:Two other choices would be Grand Admiral Thrawn and Yang Wenli.

Wenli is definitely a good choice, providing you get stationed on Iserlohn or Hyperion, anywhere else is likely to get you killed, since his forces seem to get the shit jobs.

Lohengramm is probably a better choice.[/i]

montypython · Post by **montypython** » 2006-11-25 03:27am

Jadeite wrote:
montypython wrote:Two other choices would be Grand Admiral Thrawn and Yang Wenli.
Wenli is definitely a good choice, providing you get stationed on Iserlohn or Hyperion, anywhere else is likely to get you killed, since his forces seem to get the shit jobs.

Lohengramm is probably a better choice.[/i]

Well, I'm used to picking up after other people's operational messes, too many missions of Bridge Commander, Starfleet Command and Rules of Engagement 2 among others demonstrate the need for that.

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2006-11-25 04:17am

"Snake" Plisskin

anyone who survived a land war against Russia. Surved the US military, until he was betrayed and turned to robbing banks. Kept both teams alive really well untill he was betrayed. Of course his crews in NY and LA had like a nearly 0% survival chance.